Need advice from parents. How do i put Eye Drops,into my 3 year old ?

Question

He hates them. Starts screaming when i try to do it.

Last time,he wriggled loads. and by mistake i poked him in the eye

It always ends,with him hysterical, and me having not done it !

need advice on holding him still. thankyou.

Answer 1

Sit on his chest, hold his head back by his hair and tell him you will thrash him if he doesn't take it like a man.

Answer 2

Getting a little one to sit still can be tricky. Try distraction techniches(ie look up at that....etc) Sometimes it will take another adult to phsically restrain the child while you put the drops in. When alone and one of my children gets "hysterical" about meds or drops, we wrap their lower body in a blanket snugly(not tight) then cradle the childs head firmly(be careful to not hurt the child) in the crook of one arm against your chest and give the drops.

I would recommend however that you try to make a game out of giving the drops so that your boy will not be afraid.Talk to him the whole time and distract, distract, distract.

Answer 3

When administering eye drops, always hold the vial in your dominant hand...remember to place the side of this hand against his forehead---this helps to stabilize your hand and his head, so if he moves his head, you do not poke his eye (you may hold the eyelid open by pushing "up" on the skin just below the brow with your opposite hand)...It is very important to not touch any part of the eye with the vial...this may contaminate the medication, as well as cause possible harm.

Answer 4

i can see why he is afraid but you can put the drops your eye first or if your not afraid that he is going to poke you let him do it to you. Works with my kids. With medicine now I have no problems with them taking medicine. Maybe it will work for you too. Holding him down well maybe if he is a good sleeper you can do it while he asleep.

Answer 5

I'm a nurse. Have another person to hold him down while you drop them in. Also you can wait until he's sleeping and follow this same plan. I hope this helps. Have a wonderful Christmas

Answer 6

Tell him to close his eyes. Put the drops in the inner corners of his eyes, by the bridge of his nose. Then tell him to blink. That will disperse the drops into his eyes. If this fails, do this when he's asleep but about to wake up. When he blinks upon waking, the same effect occurs.

Answer 7

You just have to hold him down and do the best you can. First try talking to him and letting him know how important it is that he help mommy to make him feel better. My little girl always feels better when she thinks she apart of what I'm doing. Hope this helps, good luck. : D

Answer 8

Put him on the bed and put your legs across his arms. I had to do this with one child myself. Let him close his eyes. Put the drops on the tear duct or on the lids then get him to open his eyes. The drops will go in.

Answer 9

Mummy wrap,ask any nurse in an Er and they will tell you the same.Wrap arms/legs/body in a blanket or beach towel

Answer 10

Sometimes you just have to sit over them and hold them inbetween your legs with their arms down and hold them down to do what you need to do!

I would have to sit over my daughter and waited til she opened up to cry to pour the medicine down her! Didn't like it, but it had to be done!

Good Luck!

Answer 11

have him lay down between your legs, and the weight of your legs can hold his arms and your thighs can hold his head still and you can force his eye open and put that drop in..